Privateers of the Revolution: War on the New Jersey Coast, 1775-1783

by Donald Grady Shomette

A revelatory narrative of the 538 Pennsylvania and New Jersey privateers, privately owned ships of war some called pirates. Manned by over 18,000 men, these privateers influenced the fight for American independence. From the halls of Congress to the rough waterfronts of Delaware River and Bay to the remote privateering ports of the New Jersey coast and into the Atlantic, a stirring portrait emerges of seaborne raiders, battles, and derring-do, as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764350331
• ISBN13: 9780764350337
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"